RobinHastings wrote:For an excellent video summary of this year's fly-in go to Finis Miller's website, Splododyne. It's about the most comprehensive take I've ever seen of this annual event. Here's the site:https://vid.me/Splododyne

RobinHastings wrote:For an excellent video summary of this year's fly-in go to Finis Miller's website, Splododyne. It's about the most comprehensive take I've ever seen of this annual event. Here's the site:https://vid.me/Splododyne

RobinHastings wrote:For an excellent video summary of this year's fly-in go to Finis Miller's website, Splododyne. It's about the most comprehensive take I've ever seen of this annual event. Here's the site:https://vid.me/Splododyne

RobinHastings wrote:For an excellent video summary of this year's fly-in go to Finis Miller's website, Splododyne. It's about the most comprehensive take I've ever seen of this annual event. Here's the site:https://vid.me/Splododyne

RobinHastings wrote:For an excellent video summary of this year's fly-in go to Finis Miller's website, Splododyne. It's about the most comprehensive take I've ever seen of this annual event. Here's the site:https://vid.me/Splododyne

THE DRY CANYON MEMORIAL DAY FLY-IN, 2018:This year's fly-in, thanks to a busy May schedule on my part, was a lot more laid back than usual. No contests or trophies this time, and the publicity was low-key. Nevertheless, we had a good turnout, with about 20 pilots coming to Alamogordo to camp out, visit together and fly. Josia from Colorado, Charley Glantz from San Diego, and Chris Chaney from West Texas were our most far-travelled guests. The conditions were sometimes windy, but every day was flyable. On Friday, May 25, Patrick Harvey-Collard had a 9-hour PG flight (featuring a low save from 200 ft over the Cox Field LZ) that landed him about 6 miles short of Vaughn, New Mexico - a distance of about 115 miles. (Mario Manzo gets the Hell On Wheels award for picking him up.) Finis Miller was a tireless driver and videographer, helping out anyone who needed it at both of the Dry Canyon launches. There were morning flights, and glassoffs every evening, which was a great introduction to the site for a few new visitors, and reassurance for a couple of folks who'd had bad launches in recent times. Bo Frazier was back into the air, 5 straight days. Best of all, there were no blown launches or injuries, and only one guy (me) had to land out. (I had a lovely glassoff flight the next evening, though.) We had some great times visiting in the LZ cabana every night - a lot of that due to Lee Boone parking his RV as a windbreak on the west - and had a very pleasant barbecue on Sunday evening, featuring Lee's family and mine in cameo appearances. We had to bid farewell to expert PG pilots Jan Zschenderlein and Patrick Harvey-Collard, who will be off to Europe next month; they have sure left their mark on the flying community out here. I got to talk with Tommy West, too, who was a driving force in the RGSA in the 90's along with his late wife Cindy. In summary, pilots came, pilots flew -the flying was good! - and pilots left with some big smiles on their faces. What's not to like about that? We send our thanks to the City of Alamogordo and to the Lincoln National Forest for helping us to make this annual event what it is. Fly safe this summer, everyone, and keep the Columbus Day Gathering in mind, this October!-Robin